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(CNN) – Welcome to CNN Radio News Day.

Here are some of the stories we cover in today's edition:

Three days after Superstorm Sandy roared ashore the U.S. death toll has risen to at least 88. Most of those killed were in New York, which is still in full disaster recovery mode. But there are signs the city's subway system is limping back to life. CNN's Steve Kastenbaum went down to the subway to see how much progress has been made in restoring service:

“If there's one thing that unifies New Yorkers it's the subway. It's the great equalizer that brings people from all walks of life down to the same level. For the first time in four days we heard trains rumbling beneath our feet. " FULL POST

(CNN) – Loralee Choate and her husband, Jonathan, just had what Loralee believes is the biggest fight in their 14 years of marriage. And it was about politics.

Loralee Choate, wife, mother and left-leaning voter:

[1:45] "I would say the biggest arguments in our marriage have been political."

She is a strong supporter of the Obama health care law, whose passionate blog about her life once got her and her husband invited to the Obama White House to talk policy.

Loralee swings left in other ways as well. Personally, she says she wouldn’t ever consider getting an abortion, but she doesn’t want lawmakers making that decision for other women. And she thinks government should assertively try to help the unfortunate.